Twisted Ties of Love
Chapter 413

Casey was a possessive dude, but he still wanted to give Izabella enough freedom without interfering with her life.

When he saw Nathaniel Krueger and Brett Windham's pervy stare at Izabella, he wished he could hide her away in some remote place where no one could look at her.

Whenever he saw Izabella becoming more popular and the center of attention with a load of fans, he'd got jealous. Jealous of those bold enough to confess their love for her, speaking their minds outright. Fans would jokingly call Izabella "wifey," something he hadn't even dared to say himself, only allowing himself to think it, not even daring to say it in his dreams.

Before he met Izabella, Casey never thought he'd see a day when he'd be so scared.

"Casey, you don't have to prove anything. I just wanted you to teach me."

"To fight?"

"Why not?" Izabella shot back.

"Sure, learning self-defense is great, but if you're thinking about taking them on, that's not going to happen." In these situations, he'd only tell Izabella the truth without empty flattery. What if Izabella really thought she could take on Brett and Nathaniel after just several lessons and ended up picking a fight?

"I know my own strength. I just want to learn self-defense to escape danger." She had prepared a camera and voice recorder, but those were just for evidence after the fact. What she really needed was to protect her own life, not having to choose to end it all like before.

"I can teach you self-defense, but these skills take time and practice, and you don't have much time with your filming schedule."

"You don't have to teach me personally. If you know any trainers you can recommend, I'll pay well, including room, board, and insurance."

Casey was about to say that if Izabella wanted to learn boxing, he could pick her up from the set every day for practice, but he was cut off mid-sentence, leaving him frustrated.

Izabella seemed to know what he would say, "You have your own things to take care of. I can't always depend on you."

Learning boxing was tough, and she wouldn't see results in a short amount of time. If she ran into Brett and Nathaniel without anyone to protect her, Izabella might have a hard time dealing with them. "I'll arrange some bodyguards for you, and you need a panic button watch."

Casey always acted quickly, especially when it came to protecting Izabella, who had also done some preparation for herself.

She had to learn self-defense to escape danger, but if she couldn't escape and got caught, she'd need to take other measures, like carrying a blade and a drug that caused unconsciousness on contact. The Maple Group was back to normal operations, restructuring the X Entertainment Company in less than three days after acquisition, doing the best job at pacifying the employees.

Izabella had "Bell Salotti's" memory and remembered clearly all the bad behavior at X Entertainment Company. Izabella ordered those who gossiped behind her back and had ill intentions toward Bell to be fired.

After the restructuring, only a third of the original staff remained at the Maple Group.

Whether the remaining employees would stay was yet to be confirmed, but those who did would definitely have higher salaries. Everyone was trying to prove their worth.

A few days after closing her Twitter, Izabella logged back in and started paying attention to recent public opinion.

There were so many comments and messages that Izabella couldn't possibly check them all, so she didn't bother. Izabella directly checked Kristin Lasley's. Kristin was best at manipulating public opinion.

After the recording of Kristin and Ariana's conversation was made public, Kristin immediately hired a PR team.

The recording was confirmed to be unedited by professionals and matched Kristin's voice exactly. It was undeniably a conversation between Kristin and Ariana.

So Kristin could only divert attention and hire internet fans to defend her.

Kristin's last drama broke viewing records, scored 85 points online, and even won awards. It's one of the few super-hit TV dramas. Most of Kristin's fans liked her because of this drama; their impression of her was still stuck in the character.

Changing this impression won't be easy.

Izabella wanted to pull Brett to destroy everything Kristin cared about.

If fans wanted fame and fortune, she'd turn all of Kristin's fans into haters, letting her experience what it's like to be cyberbullied.

If Kristin's face was pretty, then she'd ruin her face.

The more Kristin wanted to hide something, the more Izabella would expose it to the public.

[The recording didn't say much. Kristin only asked Ariana to take Izabella's cat, but she didn't ask Ariana to abuse the cat. You can only blame Ariana's cruel nature.]

[Kristin might've just wanted to punish Izabella a little. Who knew Ariana would abuse the cat.]

[Kristin didn't do anything wrong. Why should she apologize? I think the blame should be on Izabella. She didn't take care of her own cat and even brought it to the set. If she hadn't been so harsh on Ariana, would Ariana have abused her cat?]

[Would Ariana be so obedient to Kristin?]

[Overall, I believe in Kristin, and she's still a kind person. She just did something bad in anger, but that's not unforgivable. Think about how much she's donated to orphanages and led fans to donate and build schools in mountainous areas. Now, just because of a cat, are all those good deeds forgotten?]

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